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Revisiting the 1995 New Jersey Devils
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- čas přidán 23. 08. 2017
- It was a championship that changed the way the game was played. Expansion and the success of the Devils helped usher in the neutral zone trap.
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*The neutral zone trap:* The go-to weapon of choice by those who desire to discredit Martin Brodeur's greatness. Ironically, If people really _knew_ how the Trap defense worked then they'd never use it against Martin Brodeur. Martin Brodeur was the main reason why the trap was as successful as it was in NJ. Many teams, past and present, utilize the neutral zone trap and it is not some magical defensive scheme that spawns 3-time Stanley Cup winning teams like some seem to believe. The difference between other neutral zone trap teams, and New Jersey, was Brodeur's remarkable puck handling skills. For those who may be unfamiliar, the neutral zone trap essentially forces teams to dump the puck in from the neutral zone due to a 4-man clog in the neutral zone and just 1 forechecker. When the dump would inevitably occur, Brodeur would then use his stick handling skills and make outlet passes, immediately putting the Devils back on the attack while completely inhibiting the opposing team from establishing a strong forecheck. Instead of Brodeur stopping shots, he was stopping the scoring/shooting chances altogether by handling the puck, while simultaneously creating a scoring opportunity for his team. If all of Marty's greatness was due to him playing behind the neutral zone trap, why haven't other teams such as the 2000-2009 Minnesota Wild (who were coached during those 9 years by none other, than the neutral zone trap guru, Jacques Lemaire), produced a legendary goalie? Where's all of the easy wins? The Vezinas? The Stanley Cups? How about Guy Boucher's Lightning from 2010 through 2013? Or His Senators last season? How did the trap defense work out for those team's success and their goaltenders? Martin Brodeur _was_ the reason the neutral zone trap was as successful as it was in New Jersey due to his ability to be a 3rd defensemen, limit shots against, and completely neuter opposing team's offensive zone time and forecheck.
As for using shot totals as a way to diminish Marty's greatness, it doesn't work. Why? Because Marty himself, was the primary reason his shot totals were low. Crediting goalies for stopping shots but Discrediting Brodeur for stopping opportunities altogether is called flawed logic.
Ppl say the same things about Ken dryden in Montreal. He played behind probably the best defense ever but he had to do what Marty did: be on point despite not facing constant pressure. I've heard goalies say its tougher to face fewer shots because when ur constantly under attack its easier to get into a rhthem ala curtis Joseph or dominik hasek. When ur not facing constant shots for like ten minutes then u have to face 3 or 4 in quick succession it's tough to stay sharp. Marty didnt lag his concentration. I never hear ppl hate on Patrick Roy who played on some pretty stacked defenses over his career. Ed belfour played behind great defenses in Chicago and dallas. So why does Marty always get hit with this argument. Generally great goalies usually had good defenses in front of them. Hasek is the only guy off the top of my head that it didnt matter who was in front of him he shut u down.
How many goalies, through their dominant play, have actually forced the NHL to make rule changes and alterations to the very field-of-play? The TRAPAZOID exists, and was established specifically because of Martin Brodeur. This is legendary; yet he gets very little recognition in that regard.
Brodeur's unmatched skills and abilities with movement and puck handling, actually extended the careers and effectiveness of his aging defencemen - Stevens & Daneyko especially.
Yes, goalies' top priority is stopping the puck, not moving it; and HERE is where we all have our OPINIONS of who did that best. But the position is a lot more dynamic than that - in fact, goalies like Brodeur play very cerebral game of positioning, pokechecks, launching quick counterattacks, all kinds of critical action which ARE NOT at all reflected in ANY 'stats'.
As a Devils fan since '82 (their first season in NJ) and New Jersey native, this playoff run was magical. A decade of losing and jokes were finally put to rest. Everyone in the NHL hated the trap, but we loved it because we dominated that style of play. My recollections from that playoff run was the "Crash Line" (Peluso-Holik-McKay). No team could match that 4th line and they were the real difference maker in putting us over the top.
That Wings team was stacked. They had Yzerman and Federov in their prime, Dino Ciccarelli, Paul Coffey, Slava Kozlov, Niklas Lindstrom, Kris Draper, Keith Primeau, and Mike Vernon & Chris Osgood in net to name a few. The Red Wings were heavy favorites going into to the finals, so the fact that we swept them really surprised everyone, including ourselves. We dominated them so thoroughly that we also proved that we weren't just a fluke and made the win all the more rewarding.
Nik S ya so true even after every game people still thought at any point the wings would turn it around easy but could not keep up. 5-2 in game 4.
mike Jones Agreed. I wasn't able to relax until the 3rd period of Game 4. The Wings were this lurking behemoth that everyone thought was capable of awakening at any moment. It was kind of surreal watching us totally dismantle such a formidable opponent.
Everyone loved it? The Devils could never sellout their arena because it was so boring. Maybe some of you loved it but you are a minority.
I grew up in Harrison and because I began watching in 1981 I became an Isles fan from seeing them on WOR channel 9. The Devils were the Rockies. I was happy to see the Devils win in 1995, it sure as shit shut the Rangers fans up. The Devils would go on and win a couple more. Rangers were a one-hit wonder.
Some other odd facts about this team ... (1) I think this was the first team to win a Stanley Cup with more U.S.-born than Canadian-born players; and (2) when they won the Cup, Neal Broten became the first hockey player to win an NCAA national championship, an Olympic gold medal, and the Stanley Cup. He may still be the only one to accomplish this.
Cool video bro, I was 10 at the time and Brodeur was my first NHL hero and became a Devils fan. Nice to see you rocking that Kovy jersey, since Kovalchuk was my second NHL hero.
We will be back in the playoffs soon to haunt all the others teams again, but this time with a whole different playing style. In Shero we trust!!!
The most important player for the 1995 Devils in their Stanley Cup run wasn't even a Devil. It was Joe Kocur of the Rangers. Kocur and Daneyko had a fight earlier in the season and Daneyko fell awkwardly and partially tore ligaments in his knee. He was expected to miss the entire season, but he opted not to have surgery and to rehab it intensively instead. Because of the uncertainty about his availability for the playoffs, the Devils went out and traded for Shawn Chambers. Youngsters Chris McAlpine, Kevin Dean and Jaroslav Modry got a lot of playing time as the sixth defenseman in most games that season. When Daneyko came back at the end of the regular season, the team suddenly had a ton of depth on defense and didn't need to play the rookies in the playoffs. Look at the defensemen on this team in the playoffs: Stevens, Niedermayer, Driver, Daneyko, Albelin and Chambers. That is a very, very deep and well-balanced group of defensemen that you would rarely see on a roster back then. And Chambers ended up scoring two goals in the clinching Game 4 against Detroit, too.
My second favorite team. Niedermayer Arnott Stevens and Elias are some of my favorite all-time players
The biggest challenges for the 1995 Stanley Cup Champions New Jersey Devils came in:
Game 4 ECQF vs. Boston with a 1-0 OT win to take a 3-1 series lead which ended in 5 games. The "Crash Line", especially McKay & Peluso coming in from opposite sides of the net simultaneously forcing a turnover and a OT goal.
Game 2 ECSF vs. Pittsburgh. Yes Mario Lemieux sat that year out with back problems. Pittsburgh for the 2nd game in a row scored a late 3rd period goal, in Game 2, the late goal tied game. But Scott Stevens responded with a late goal of his own and the Devils not only won Game 2 to tie the series but also won Games 3-5 and wrap the series up in 5 games.
The BIGGEST threat to the Devils 95 Championship run came vs. Philadelphia Flyers in the Eastern Conference Finals. The Devils took Games 1 & 2 in Philadelphia and looked to be steam rolling the Flyers but the Flyers dictated the play in Games 3 & 4 and had all the momentum going into Game 5 in Philadelphia.
Game 5 of the ECF was a nail biter and had OVERTIME written all over this game except for Claude Lemieux coming down the Right side and scoring through an improbable gap with less than a minute of regulation between the net and Hextall. Game 5 of the ECF was the clutch game for the Devils success in the 1995 Stanley Cup Playoffs.
The New Jersey Devils never trailed after the 1st period in all 20 playoff games in 1995.
Detroit’s only momentum in the Finals in 1995 was when they took a brief lead in Game 2 and that was it. Games 3 & 4 New Jersey outscored the Red Wings 10-4, not bad for a team who was said to have no offense.
Philly and the Devils always had great playoffs series back then. There 2000 ECF was even better than the 95 series.
We need a kickstarter to get Hockey Guy a retro "christmas tree" Devils jersey!
As always, thanks for the vid and opinions 😈
Finally the one with the devils yaaaaaasssss
Jake Swope First of Three!!!
Amazing team, unbelieveable run.
What you have to remember when analyzing this run was the value of the Crash line, Holik centering McKay and Peluso. Lemaire put them out after every goal to control the tone of the game and it worked brilliantly. If you scored against NJ, you’d get a smack in the face for your efforts.
Lemieux’s goals were always when they needed one the most so that made him a legit Conn Smythe winner. And he was a veteran cup winner so he taught the young guys what it took.
I was 24 and just loving all of this run. Still my favorite of the three cups. We had to endure so much ridicule back in ‘82 and this was just so sweet. The one memory I’ll always chuckle at was how the New York sports radio show with Mike Francesa and Chris Russo showed up to broadcast from the arena and multiple people asked why were they even there since they ignored the Devils for their whole existence up till then, leaving them humiliated.
I loved those late 90s early 2000s devils teams. Broduer, Steven's, niedermayer, holik, McKay, elias, Gomez, rafalski, danyko, madden, arnott, sykora, lemieux, mogilny, richer, guerin etc. So many great players. Steven's, broduer, holik, Gomez, elias and niedermayer were my favorite devils. Oh and John madden.
Everyone knocks on them how defensive they were known , but 1995 and 2000 both teams had great depth in offence . I remember in 2000/2001 the avs stats showed they were far more defensive then the devils. 1995 had so many good weapons then Lemieux came out to play with so many timely goals. 2000 maddin had a few when they really needed it. Those role players make the difference when both teams have a star 1st line .
Yup. Those 2000 and 2001 teams were pretty stacked on the forward side. The legendary line of Arnott, Elias and Sykora, Alex Mogilny, Scott Gomez, Holik, Madden etc. They could most certainly win offensive affairs too.
The year I was born.
just got done studying, perfect timing for this video, thanks Shannon -Sean
This 95 team has my heart for life. 5 days after they won my father passed away. This run I felt so confident about them.
Great video. Thanks for doing it.
The trap was still going to come in some form later. It's not like the Devils opened Pandora's box
Devils didn't use it to sit back on a 1 point lead either. They still tried their damnedest to score goals and win.
Great stuff looking forward to your 2000, 2001 & 2003 championship videos
I've been a devils fan since 87! I was a 12 year old boy and I went to bed crying after game 7 against the Rangers the year before and this was such sweet redemption. What a dominant fantastic fucking run in 95! I could have spent the rest of my life feeling satisfied if they never won another cup. Yes Claude Lemieux deserves to be in the hall of fame. He won 4 cups on 3 diff teams. Huge difference maker when it mattered the most. Devils couldn't get over the hump and win another cup until he went back to NJ in 2000.
Claude Lemieux should be in the HOF. 1 CS, 4 Stanley Cups.
No mention of the crash line?? I feel like you left out a lot of key things about this run. You also didn't mention the scores from the sweep of the Red Wings. This wasn't no 1 goal trap wins. They beat them 2-1, 4-2, 5-2 and 5-2. How could you forget to mention Mike Peluso crying on the bench with 3 minutes to go in game 4 of the final? Crash line finished the game and he played his shift hardly able to see from tears. Cried his way through the handshake line. He was a lowly enforcer and wasn't given good minutes with Ottawa. New Jersey gave everyone ice time. His line was an important and very effective 4th line that year.
+Judson L Skynar - I don't think The Hockey Guy cares for NJ or Brodeur, so I wouldn't expect a whole lot of praise or passion when speaking about these teams. The first thing he says is "so, we've reached the trap" does that sound like someone who's going to talk about the Devils with fondness? Lol.
@@mb30goat47 I agree with him on Brodeur
The Hockey Guy definitely seems to have something against the 90s/2000s Devils. And it annoys me because there was beauty in how they played, you just had to appreciate what it was they did. Brodeur was so good at handling the puck that he himself is most responsible for why teams didn't get a ton of shots. Ppl always say "well, he had that defense in front of him" and yes, he did have a great group in front of him but it was his ability to handle the puck that is most responsible for why teams didn't get a ton of shots on him. Brodeur was extremely cerebral in how he played. Teams would dump the puck in and he would send it right back out before they could get anything. They changed the friggin rules because Marty was so good at it. But no one ever gives him credit for that. It's like Kareem Abdul Jabbar in college. They had to change the rules because he was so good at what he did. Same thing here. But ppl just use the tired and frankly lazy argument of "he never faced any pressure because his defense was so good" to undermine how damn good he was.
And the start of the three teams just and NHL rolling with new jersey, Detroit and Colorado.... occasionally one otherAnd brought on the lock out.... now it just rolls Pittsburgh, Chicago and L.A. Good job bettmen
the 1994 Devils had most of the same players and despite their defensive reputation were 1st or 2nd in the league in goals as a team in the regular season even without top end star power at forward.
LGD!!!
Devils and Brodeur my favorite team and player of alltime! (sharks 2nd fav team)
Finally.
Are you going to cover all Stanley Cup champions to current day?
Hockey Fan Yesh
If Brouders puck abilities sucked the trap fails
Upper Bowl Hockey Brodeur's*
This team reminds me of the Kevin Smith movie "Clerks"
LGD 🔥🔥
I don’t quite understand the vendetta against the trap. It’s like you’re saying there’s an innate problem with a team focusing first on stopping the other team from scoring, then figure out how you’re gonna score. Why is that some evil thing that fans of every other team shudder at the mention of it?
Yeah, I loved watching the Devils shut teams down. Ppl get too attached to offense and don't appreciate defense enough. The mantra "offense wins games, defense wins championships" exists for a reason. It's the universally agreed upon easiest way to win a championship, creating a great defense. There are examples, yes, of great offensive teams that won championships but it's not the norm. Look at all the great hockey dynasties. Almost all of them were great defensive teams. The Oilers were the only one that didn't fit that mold (I don't consider the early 90s Penguins a dynasty but they also were similar to Edmonton in that regard). But everyone wants teams to be like the Oilers and The Penguins and, frankly, I was kind of the opposite. I always gravitated to the big, physical, nasty teams that shut you down.
I will say Jaques Lemaire came to the team in 94.
It’s so weird when a team doesn’t sweep anybody in the 1st 3 rounds and then sweeps a team that did better than them in the regular season and had at least one sweep in the 1st 3 rounds.
Crash Line!
Brennan Lupardo vs the legion of doom, back to back games in 24h. Never forget that
First glance I was like 39 POINTS?! Then I saw the (48 G)
Yeah, this was a lockout shortened year.
Cody Smith still low 60s for the year
There was alot of sweeps in the 90's
+The Hockey Guy - False - Brodeur saw 23.2 shots per game in the 95 playoffs _NOT_ 22.7. Also, you continue with this logic that less shots means easier to win/easier to obtain better stats. Lundqvist, Richter, Ryan Miller, and CuJo, to name a few have all proven that logic wrong. Again, if Brodeur sucked when facing busier nights in net, I can understand why you'd use seeing less shots throughout his career as a knock on him but the fact is he played statistically _better_ on busy nights than light nights!! 104 playoff games in Brodeur's career where he saw an average of 31.5 shots per game. In those 104 playoff games Brodeur posted a .928 SV%. What does that tell you? That tells you that his other 101 playoff games where he saw less than 25 shots per game he had to be posting an inferior SV% because his career playoff SV% is a .919....I'm sorry, but your logic makes no sense at all when it comes to your critiques of MB
+The Hockey Guy - You won't defend your logic? OH I KNOW, you want to ignore these facts so you can keep using it to rationalize your claim that Brodeur isn't a Top 5 goalie. LOL!
The kovalchuck Jersey... ouch....
Revisit the broad Street bullies
The trap was NEVER an issue. It was a strategy like any others to win It was to the other coaches to figure how to beat it. This is the year i became a Devil fan, my 2nd favorite team after Montreal ( today NJ is my #1 because i can't stand Montreal anymore with all their idiotic BS over so many years )
Even as a Devils fan I always thought this was one of the weakest teams to win the Stanley cup. I was too young to really remember this run but looking back on it, it really seems like the last gasp of the late 80s-early 90s Devils mixed in with what they would become in those elite 2000s teams. By the very next season MacLean, Lemieux and Richer would all either be gone or falling off. They had the two future hall of famers in Stevens and Niedermayer but there were still a lot middling guys on the team. Lemaire took a team in transition that had no business winning the Stanley Cup and they were dominant.
The closest modern comparable I think would be the 16-17 Senators, they had an all-star defenseman in Karlsson in front of a great goalie playing out of his mind and a team that was more than the sum of its parts.
Senators didn't win cup in 16 17...
yeah but their team was similar to the 95 Devils, if they had won it would have been 95 all over again. I'm saying you can compare the teams, not their finishes.
Chico ic
This team didn't have any offensive superstars, but the Devils were a very deep, balanced team up front. This particular playoff run led to a major change in the way teams build rosters for the playoffs. Instead of building a couple of strong lines and two solid defense pairs, the most effective strategy became one where teams would roll 4 lines and 3 defense pairs almost evenly. When you have a fourth line that dominates on the ice the way these guys did, you know you've got a great team.
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It's impressive like it or not i don't give a shit if they played the trap the Res Wings we're by FAR the better team on paper and they destroyed the Wings one of the biggest upsets in history
Trap aside the Canucks will be better than the oilers and leafs in 2-3 years
LGD
1) the team went to 7 in ecf against the Rangers the year before -playing the same system. It wasn’t “new” to that season. 2) the Rangers were swept by Phila in playoffs. ‘94 is ancient history. One year wonders that the ny sportswriters still master bate to. 3) Peluso played with Holik and McKay on a regular shift that accentuated forechecking and produced ample turnovers. If you want to give a history lesson, get facts straight.
If only they would have brought in admiral Akbar, things would have been different for Detroit.
Subtle.
Judson L Skynar thank you
The dad joke guy You earned your name today
the devils have always been a defensive minded team and still continue to be one.
obviously the trap is frowned upon, even as a devils fan, i admit that it hurt the game in a way.
Brodeur being a great goaltender, was just an extra layer of protection for the team during this era and looking at todays devils team, i think the organization has a whole other level on where they put the goalie to be relied upon. if schneider was given an allstar defensman and a shut down defenseman, or if the devils played more defensive minded like they used to, they could easily be a playoff team.
the devils went from being able to win by only scoring one or two goals per game, to now where if they dont score four or five goals, they get blown out.
Paul Ientile How can you say they're still defensively minded when they have a horrible defense? I wish they still were defensively minded. Also, the devils lost a lot of games in OT in the last couple years. Most of their losses have not been blow outs.
Steve Armstrong Schneider played blind, had surgery during the post season
dpreetam many games hit double digit point totals
That season begun the destruction of the nhl. It was eye burning bad to watch. There is a reason in 2005 no one cared the lockout happened (except us nutty diehards). The league is never going back to the 80s but most people would rather watch paint dry then the dump/chase/grab/clutch era
i hate...hate...hate Claude Lemieux, hes one of the dirtiest players I've ever seen play this great game....but Brodeur is a great goalie, and im a red wings fan.... and i would have loved to have seen the wings win that cup, but the devils that playoff year was on fire.....
Love the video but please the 95 Rangers were old & complete trash...The Devils would have went through them just like all the other series..
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